Day 114 Sober: How I Found Sobriety on Twitter

That was my first tweet, so today is 100 days on Twitter. More importantly, today is my 114th day of continuous sobriety. Social media was a big part of my early recovery and I’m very grateful.

This is how Twitter helped me get sober.

I joined looking for support

My first 2 weeks sober, I was just reading some books and determined never to go back to drinking. I was isolated, living in my rock bottom rental house in a Caribbean ghetto. Local AA wasn’t an option and my Internet was too sketchy for online video.

My days were basically like this GIF.

I joined some support groups on Facebook, but that didn’t work for me. Too many “old friends” were concerned shaming my wall.